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Judge signs off on $30M settlement in liquidator’s LM Investment case
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-05-23 3:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Queensland Supreme Court judge has given the green light for a $30 million settlement of a liquidator’s case against failed financial services firm LM Investment Management, saying the result was appropriate and “a matter of some public interest”.

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Prosecutors take axe to Country Care criminal cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-21 10:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has pared its criminal cartel case against Country Care Group and two individuals, cutting over 100 charges in an indictment that details two alleged cartel agreements the Australian mobility equipment provider entered into in relation to bids on NSW government tenders.

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Metlife brings action against AFCA in first court showdown for complaints body
Financial Services 2019-05-20 9:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Insurance giant Metlife has launched legal proceedings against the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to challenge a finding in favour of an injured former NSW police officer, in what is the first Federal Court action against the new external dispute resolution body.

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Geoffrey Rush slams Nationwide for ‘doubling down’ on defamatory imputations
Defamation 2019-05-10 11:32 am By Miklos Bolza

Actor Geoffery Rush has accused the Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News of “doubling down” on its defamatory allegations and attacking the vindication he received in winning his defamation case against the publisher.

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‘Witness X’ in Geoffrey Rush defamation case revealed as actress Yael Stone
Defamation 2019-05-10 11:13 am By Christine Caulfield

Orange Is The New Black star Yael Stone, who has accused Geoffrey Rush in interviews of lewd behaviour toward her, can be revealed as the witness who unsuccessfully sought to give evidence at trial in Rush’s defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News.

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HWL must produce files in case accusing partner of diverting client funds to pay legal bill
Legal Ethics 2019-05-08 9:06 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has dismissed HWL Ebsworth’s claims of a “fishing expedition” and granted discovery of a slew of  internal documents relevant to allegations a partner at the law firm encouraged a company’s directors to unlawfully divert insurance proceeds to pay almost $150,000 in legal bills.

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Judge who ruled for Geoffrey Rush was biased, Daily Telegraph says in appeal
Defamation 2019-05-06 10:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News has appealed a $850,000 judgment against it in a defamation case brought by actor Geoffrey Rush, saying the judge who presided over the case was biased.

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Property developers accused of ‘gaming the system’ at GST class action trial
Class Actions 2019-05-01 10:58 pm By Amelia Birnie

Multiple Canberra property developers have been accused of deliberately trying to avoid repaying GST to home buyers at the outset of a class action trial involving almost 500 apartment owners.

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Fairfax wants to name ‘Witness X’ in Geoffrey Rush defamation trial
Defamation 2019-04-29 3:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fairfax Media has asked a court to lift a suppression order on the name of a proposed witness the Daily Telegraph had sought to call in Geoffrey Rush’s defamation trial, which the actor won earlier this month.

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Geoffrey Rush wins defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher
Defamation 2019-04-11 3:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

Actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded at least $850,000 in damages after taking Nationwide News to court alleging it defamed him by tainting him as a sexual predator, with the judge calling the publisher’s conduct “improper and unjustified”.

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